This edition: Best of CUNY Authors: Ayana Mathis and Robert Jones, Jr.
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Episode Details
Original tape date: August 1, 2024. First aired: August 9, 2024.In this episode we are taking a look back at two of our favorite interviews from this season and highlighting writers who are also part of our CUNY family. We chat with award-winning author and Brooklyn College graduate Robert Jones, Jr. about his novel “The Prophets”, a stunning debut about the forbidden relationship between two enslaved men on a southern plantation; and New York Times best-selling author and Distinguished Professor at Hunter College Ayana Mathis, whose new book “The Unsettled” is a searing multi-generational novel about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival.
Guest List
Robert Jones Jr. Author
Ayana Mathis Author, Distinguished Lecturer, Hunter College
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